Why should women in our military, if you were the Secretary of Defense, believe that they would have a fair shot and an equal opportunity to rise through the ranks?”

During his Tuesday confirmation hearing, Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth's past statements about women serving in combat roles were put under the microscope. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) began her questioning by reading excerpts from Hegseth's book "The War on Warriors,